St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-13
There is No Let Up in the Unprecedented
Activity in the Sales
of Dirt.
Tendencies to Increased Prices in What is
Known as the Interuaban
Districts.
Additional Facilities for Travel TO
What VIII Be the Residence Part
of the City.
A Big Record The Last Six Days The
Building Boom Getting I'm
der Way.

permitted no interruption. business III real
estate went right along last week. The
first of the month had naturally something
To do with the closing OF pending negotla-
tionS. but outside of this the new sales
effected, both in the open market and those
al private contract, again reached close upon
s.. 0OO. 900. More than this. the demand
for eligible locations is steadily kept up. not
Mithstanding the fact that the transactions
of the past two weeks covered almost every
section of the city. The sales as recorded
show that transactions have not been con-
fined TO any particular description of prop
erty. but have included business property,
vacant lots and acres. Everything about
tLe market seems to indicate that the city
is gradually growing in importance ana
increasing IN population III steady.
natural and umforced manner. Population
is steadily flowing into the city, III a more
permanent and healthy manner than ever
before. The many large sales of real eS-
tate. tne unusually large proportion OF me-
dium priced building lots bought evidently
for homesteads, the large number of con-
tracts for building new i'll hand. taken in
connection with The fact that there never
was such a scarcity of dwellings to rent as
there is at the present time, all show that
there is a very large influx of pO pulatiOn to
ST. Paul 1t is Il statement that cannot be
denieIl that St Paul has never before wit
messed the opening of spring under more
favorable and promising circumstances than
the present The business situation is i'll
no respect Il boom. or the result OF a boom.
1t is simply the natural results of cir
cumstances. location and the senS-
BE. conservative and broad business
views and judgment Of the business men OF
ST. Paul. who have no SuperlorS anywhere.
Nature has given st. Paul commanding
position 1t has all the fruits of the soil
and all the commerce of the waters at its
command to place il in the commanding
position it now holds and keep it there.
1t is the consideration Of these facts that
helps to attract so much capital and SO many
people to this city for the purpose of en-
barking in trade and commerce. Some
wears ago Hon. Edmund Rice. in the cham
ber of commerce, declared THAT it was
time ST. Paul put stop to offering bonus
10 everything that came along" In his
opinion, he said, ''she had got past that
period II it would pay for people to come
here and go into business they would come
here, if it would not they would not come"
and that he said, was all there was to it.
The city. curiOuSly enough, has acted
mostly upon this suggestion ever since and
it has had very prosperous and successful
career with everything looking favorable
for the future. The city is spreading out
in every direction in more rapid manner
than residents even have any idea OF
THE INTERURBAN DISTRICT.
The tendency toward st. Anthony hill
and thence on westward over the interur
ban district still continues. The deep
of streets and roads render it impossible
now to show suburban property, but never
thelesS INQUIRIES for all acres and all platS
between the two cities continue good. The
institutions OF learning located in this terri
tory prove very attractive feature. Ham
line university is already moving for some
additional buildings and the money is partly
pledged to pay fol them. Manchester col
lege has been overcrowded all the winter
and the early spring will witness the COM
mencelRent of a new structure built because
the present facilities have already been out
grown. A committee has been
looking through Reserve to find
ground suitable for the location
of Scandinavian college midway
between the two cities. All men engaged
in educational work quickly recognize the
unusual inducements offered by this mid
way region for colleges schools and uni
versitles. Manchester is now moving for
the establishment of public school, and it
is said that the board of education will ex-
tend the benefits of the public school Sys-
TEN to that settlement as soon as they can
do so. All these things tend to give some
confidence to this new territory, and operate
as an inducement for people to settle there
with their families. On st. Anthony Hill,
south of Grand and Lincoln avenues, there
is a magnificent plateau extending to and
along st. Clair street, which over
looks all of upper town, and in
many parts of which the view is fully as
fine as from the bluff side of Summit ave-
hue. The region commences at Crocus hill
and extends out by the Kidd tract, and
thence following around the bluff line to
West End addition 1t will some day be
covered with the finest residences in the
city, and will add to the magnificent pan-
Drama already presented by the lovely
homes now built OH those portions of
the bluff nearest the city. The Rhodes
homestead. 100Xl00, on the northeast cor
ner of Sixth and Broadway, has been sold,
and it is reported brought very handsome
figure. The certainty that the next bridge.
after the uptown bridge is done, will be
built across the river at Broadway is max
ing everything on Broadway and Missis-
sippi streets and the near vicinity quite
active. Kittson'S addition property has
taken on a good deal of activity, and a goud
many purchases are being quietly nego-
tiated. 1t is claimed that
A BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER
would enhance values east of Sibley street
to KittSOn street at least SO per cent. A
large part of this region is either wholly
nnoccupied or covered by cheap shanties.
and it is so near the railroad and business
generally that it is very desirable part of
the city. Dayton's bluff and all that region
lying along East Seventh street, Margaret
and Minnehaha is now receiving more at
tentton than heretofore and property is
regarded as very cheap at present figures.
The heavy improvements contemplated be-
tween Newport and the city along the rail.
road lines is having marked effect
end of the city. 1t is altogether
likely that the city of st. Paul will grow
very much after the style and manner OF
blder cities. Consequently all may expect
TO hear a great deal of wranglng about
peer street car service. unsatisfactory motor
Zines and a thousand other matters that =
large citS must necessarily have and is com.
Peiied to fight about. In city that is
Growing as rapidly as st. Paul people are
Forced to go farther out into the county fol
their homes. The rapid rise in real estate
eeRlpels this There is no possible way tC
hyeid it. A large portion of the population
Is forced to live from two to seven miles
From the business part of st, Paul to-day
Of course, these people must necessarjI,
have easy, convenient and rapid transit O.
SGme kind. They must have the facilite.
10 get in to business in the morning anC
hehe again at night. All these matters
RFe being attended to as rapidl,
hiad as eenipletely as the circumstances o.